10 Software Industry Predictions For 2014

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While many enterprise vendors are trying to compete with Amazon, NetApp has decided its best course of action is to partner with the public cloud's most dominant player. This year, more enterprise vendors, including ones that aren't storage-focused, will find ways to work with Amazon where it makes sense for them to do so.

NetApp partnered with Amazon last November to integrate its storage hardware with the AWS cloud, allowing data and workloads to pass securely back and forth from private clouds. Avnet is handling pricing and distribution of the hardware, and partners have to get certified with both AWS and NetApp in order to sell products. Details on the next phase of that partnership should also be revealed in the coming months, sources tell CRN.

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XChange Solution Provider 2015 is finally upon us and the timing couldn't be better. The premier channel event is happening March 1-3 in Dallas, bringing together 225 solution provider decision makers from across North America. CRN is at the event to provide news, analysis and a firsthand take from partners.